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Sport Psychology, Fourth Edition is the new, updated edition of Arnold LeUnes' textbook giving comprehensive coverage of sport psychology with a healthy balance between theory and application.
- Preface.
- Part One: Introducing Sport Psychology and Sport History.
- An Introduction to Sport Psychology.
- Professional Issues.
- Sport History From Antiquity Through the Enlightenment.
- History of Sport and Sport Psychology in the United States.
- Part Two: Behavioral Principles and Applications.
- Behavioral Principles.
- Anxiety and Arousal.
- Anxiety Reduction: Classical Conditioning and Operant Learning.
- Anxiety Reduction: Cognitive Learning Techniques.
- Part Three: Social Psychological Dimensions.
- Motivation: Attribution Theory and Need Achievement.
- Motivation: Locus of Control and Self Theory.
- Social Psychology of Sport: Leadership and Group Cohesion.
- Social Psychology of Sport: Audience Effects.
- Aggression: Dimensions and Theories.
- Aggression: Violence in Selected Sport Populations.
- Part Four: Personality, Assessment, and Special Athletic Populations.
- Personality and Psychological Assessment.
- Psychological Assessment in Sport Psychology.
- Minority Athletes.
- High Risk Sport/The Elite Athlete./li>
- Athletes With Disabilities/Injured Athletes.
- Doping in Sports.
- The Female Sport Experience: Historical and Physiological Issues.
- The Female Sport Experience: Sport Socialization, Psychological Variables, and Other Issues.
- Youth Sport: Motives for Participating and Withdrawing.
- Youth Sport: Stress and Other Issues.
- Part Five: Coaching and Exercise.
- The Coach: Roles, Communication, and Psychological Variables.
- Youth, Female, and Black Coaches; Coaching Burnout.
- Exercise Psychology: Physical Fitness, Adherence, and Cognitive and Affective Benefits.
- Exercise Psychology: Running Addictions and Exercise for Senior Citizens.
- Glossary.